Motivational Enhancement System for Adherence (MESA) for Youth Starting ART
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Official title
Motivational Enhancement System for Adherence (MESA) for Youth Starting Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
Brief summary
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This study is a multi-site (Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA, Washington, DC; Aurora, CO; Miami, FL; and Baltimore, MD), two-group randomized controlled trial testing a two-session intervention designed to increase motivation for adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) among youth living with HIV (YLH) newly recommended to begin medications. Participants are randomized to receive the intervention, Motivational Enhancement System for Adherence (MESA), or the control condition, System for Health (SH: healthy eating and physical activity information). Both groups receive the standard of care regarding the initiation of ART. ART adherence (visual analog scale and hair sample assay) and health outcomes (viral load results, and CD4 counts) are assessed. Additionally, potential mediators (HIV knowledge, motivation for adherence, and self-efficacy for adherence) and predictors of intervention response (substance abuse, mental health symptoms, executive functioning, and stressful life events) are assessed.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02761746
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 155 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 16 Years to 24 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 21, 2016
- Primary completion
- Apr 29, 2021
- Completion
- Apr 29, 2021
- Last update posted
- Aug 18, 2022
2016 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 7
- U.S. states
- 7
- U.S. cities
- 7
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | 90027 | — |
| University of Colorado School of Medicine | Aurora | Colorado | 80045 | — |
| Children's National Medical Center | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20010 | — |
| Univeristy of Miami School of Medicine | Miami | Florida | 33101 | — |
| Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
| Wayne State University | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Aug 18, 2022 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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